Visa Wage Index

Lawyers in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ

Employers filed 1,009 applications covering 1,159 positions for this role here, at a median of $240,000 a year. 732 of those state a minimum and no maximum — a Labor Condition Application commits an employer to a floor, not to a salary.

What the government requires here

The prevailing wage for Lawyers in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, wage year 2025-26 — the four levels an employer must meet depending on the experience the role demands.

LevelWho it is forA year
Level IEntry: a role needing basic understanding and close supervision$98,114
Level IIQualified: some experience, moderate supervision$156,832
Level IIIExperienced: sound understanding, limited supervision$215,530
Level IVFully competent: judgement, may supervise others$274,248

Who filed, and at what

EmployerLevelFilingsPositionsMedian
SULLIVAN & CROMWELL LLP Level II 4444 $225,000
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP Level III 4343 $225,000
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP Level II 3838 $225,000
Latham & Watkins LLP Level II 3738 $310,000
CLEARY GOTTLIEB STEEN & HAMILTON LLP Level I 2727 $225,000
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP Level I 2755 $225,000
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP Level II 2628 $225,000
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP Level II 2424 $225,000
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP Level III 1717 $218,920
White & Case LLP Level IV 1717 $365,000
MILBANK LLP Level III 1517 $260,000
White & Case LLP Level I 1515 $225,000
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP Level III 1313 $365,000
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP Level III 1212 $225,000
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP Level IV 1111 $435,000
Goodwin Procter LLP Level II 1111 $260,000
Latham & Watkins LLP Level I 1037 $225,000
MILBANK LLP Level IV 1010 $377,500
White & Case LLP Level III 99 $260,000
Allen Overy Shearman Sterling US LLP Level I 88 $220,000
Kirkland & Ellis LLP Level II 814 $260,000
Kirkland & Ellis LLP Level IV 811 $420,000
Proskauer Rose LLP Level I 88 $337,500
Sidley Austin (US) LLP Level III 88 $247,500
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP Level IV 88 $550,000
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Level I 88 $225,000
Allen Overy Shearman Sterling US LLP Level III 77 $355,000
Clifford Chance US LLP Level III 77 $250,000
Covington & Burling LLP Level III 77 $225,000
Dechert LLP Level I 77 $225,000
Kirkland & Ellis LLP Level I 711 $235,000
Kirkland & Ellis LLP Level III 712 $365,000
Law Office of Chen and Associates Level II 77 $156,832
Sidley Austin (US) LLP Level II 77 $235,000
Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. Level I 77 $225,000
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP Level II 66 $230,000
Clifford Chance US LLP Level II 66 $215,500
DEBEVOISE & PLIMPTON LLP Level II 66 $225,000
Dechert LLP Level II 66 $390,000
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Level I 66 $247,500
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Level III 66 $450,000
Goodwin Procter LLP Level III 66 $365,000
Green Kaminer Min & Rockmore LLP Level I 66 $102,500
Latham & Watkins LLP Level III 66 $435,000
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan Level I 66 $225,000
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz Level I 66 $230,000
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Level II 66 $235,000
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Level IV 66 $390,000
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP Level I 66 $225,000
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP Level II 66 $225,000
Baker & McKenzie LLP Level IV 55 $555,000
Cooley LLP Level II 55 $365,000
Freshfields US LLP Level II 514 $225,000
Freshfields US LLP Level III 59 $260,000
Greenberg Traurig, LLP Level II 55 $235,000
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (US) LLP Level I 55 $225,000
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (US) LLP Level IV 55 $390,000
King & Spalding LLP Level II 55 $235,000
Mayer Brown LLP Level IV 514 $420,000
Sidley Austin (US) LLP Level IV 55 $435,000
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Level III 55 $310,000
XYZ LAW PLLC Level II 55 $158,080
Allen Overy Shearman Sterling US LLP Level II 44 $300,000
Baker Botts LLP Level II 44 $390,000
CLEARY GOTTLIEB STEEN & HAMILTON LLP Level II 44 $295,000
Clifford Chance US LLP Level IV 44 $315,000
Cooley LLP Level I 44 $260,000
Covington & Burling LLP Level II 44 $310,000
DEBEVOISE & PLIMPTON LLP Level III 44 $325,000
FRIED, FRANK, HARRIS, SHRIVER & JACOBSON LLP Level I 44 $240,000
FRIED, FRANK, HARRIS, SHRIVER & JACOBSON LLP Level II 44 $355,000
FRIED, FRANK, HARRIS, SHRIVER & JACOBSON LLP Level IV 44 $430,000
Greenberg Traurig, LLP Level III 44 $272,500
JUN WANG & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Level I 44 $98,114
Linklaters LLP Level I 44 $225,000
Linklaters LLP Level II 44 $260,000
Linklaters LLP Level III 44 $260,000
Mayer Brown LLP Level II 426 $244,889
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Level IV 44 $292,124
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP Level IV 44 $547,500
Ropes & Gray LLP Level IV 44 $427,500
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Level III 44 $310,000
SPRUCE TECHNOLOGY INC. Level I 44 $114,057
Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP Level II 44 $165,000
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP Level II 44 $230,000
Cooley LLP Level IV 33 $310,000
Covenant Law, PLLC Level I 33 $98,114
Covington & Burling LLP Level I 33 $225,000
DEBEVOISE & PLIMPTON LLP Level IV 33 $420,000
DLA Piper LLP (US) Level II 33 $275,000
Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP Level II 33 $200,000
Foley Hoag LLP Level II 33 $175,000
Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin and Hachigian, LLP Level III 33 $435,000
Hunter Taubman NY LLP Level I 33 $99,000
JINGTIAN NY LLP Level I 33 $99,840
Jun He Law Offices LLC Level II 33 $160,000
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP Level II 33 $390,000
MCDERMOTT WILL & SCHULTE LLP Level IV 33 $350,000
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Level II 33 $235,000
SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS (US) LLP Level III 33 $250,000

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Source: OFLC disclosure data and prevailing wage library, US Department of Labor (public domain). Figures are what employers filed, not what they paid.